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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 K46 1959 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17921 |
| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6
- Item number - K46 1959
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Kenney, George K.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The saga of Pappy Gunn /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by General George C. Kenney
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - First edition.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Duell, Sloan and Pearce,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1959.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - "Pappy" and the whale -- A boy's dream -- A dream fulfilled -- Naval aviator -- Pappy joins the Army Air Force in the Philippines -- Early 1942 in Australia -- My introduction to Pappy -- Pappy's folly--the skip-bomber -- Pappy visits the United States -- Pappy in Hollywood -- The tale of a shirt -- Promotion party -- Practical joke -- "I taught him how to fly" -- The wicked digit -- Back to the Philippines -- Liberation and reunion -- Adjustment to civil life -- Pappy and the Huks -- Pappy's last flight
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Four-star General Kenney pays a remarkable tribute to a remarkable man in this biography. Colonel Paul Irvin ("Pappy") Gunn met a tragic death in an airplane accident in the Philippines on October 11, 1957. Believing that our country owes a debt to a great character, a superb aviator, and a devoted American that has never been paid, General Kenney has written this story in the hope that it will help discharge a part of the debt.
General Kenney's own words serve better than any others to describe this book:
"This is the story of an extraordinary character. He was one of the great heroes of the Southwest Pacific in World War II, a mechanical genius, and one of the finest storytellers I have ever known. His deeds were real. His stories were often fantasies but they will be told and retold as long as any of his comrades-in-arms are still alive and then will be handed down to succeeding generations of airmen. Pappy Gunn is already a legendary figure."
The saga of Pappy Gunn contains a wealth of stories. Spectacular things happened to this spectacular person. As the author points out, "He lived, died, and was even buried differently from other people." Faithfully, but with humor and warmth and understanding, General Kenney has constructed the life story, the saga, of his friend, Pappy Gunn."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Gunn, Paul Irvin,
- Dates associated with a name - 1900-1957.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
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